GAMING MACHINE THAT REARRANGES SYMBOLS BASED ON REARRANGEMENT PATTERN DATA

1 . A gaming machine comprising:

a display for variably displaying each of a plurality of symbol groups;

memory for storing rearrangement pattern data for symbol rearrangement; and

a controller executing the following operations of:

(a) generating a random number and starting a game;

(b) determining a symbol to be rearranged on the display corresponding to the generated random number;

(c) variably displaying each of the plurality of symbol groups on the display;

(d) when at least a predetermined number of identical symbols are determined to be rearranged, extracting rearrangement pattern data corresponding to the number of the identical symbols from the memory;

(e) rearranging symbols based on the extracted rearrangement pattern data; and

(f) providing an award corresponding to the identical symbols of which at least the predetermined number are rearranged.

2 . A gaming machine comprising:

a display for variably displaying each of a plurality of symbol groups;

memory for storing rearrangement pattern data for symbol rearrangement; and

a controller executing the following operations of:

(a) generating a random number and starting a game;

(b) determining a symbol to be rearranged on the display corresponding to the generated random number;

(c) variably displaying each of the plurality of symbol groups on the display;

(d) when at least a predetermined number of identical symbols are determined to be rearranged, extracting rearrangement pattern data corresponding to the number of the identical symbols from the memory;

(e) after rearranging symbols other than the identical symbols, rearranging the identical symbols based on the extracted rearrangement pattern data; and

(f) providing an award corresponding to the identical symbols of which at least the predetermined number are rearranged.

3 . A gaming machine comprising:

a display for variably displaying each of a plurality of symbol groups;

memory for storing rearrangement pattern data for symbol rearrangement; and

a controller executing the following operations of:

(a) generating a random number and starting a game;

(b) determining a symbol to be rearranged on the display corresponding to the generated random number;

(c) variably displaying each of the plurality of symbol groups on the display;

(d) when at least a predetermined number of identical symbols are determined to be rearranged and a multiplication factor symbol representing a multiplication factor of an award to be provided is determined to be rearranged, extracting rearrangement pattern data corresponding to the number of the identical symbols from the memory;

(e) rearranging symbols based on the extracted rearrangement pattern data so that the multiplication factor symbol is rearranged last; and

(f) providing an award corresponding to the identical symbols of which at least the predetermined number and the multiplication factor symbol are rearranged.

4 . A gaming machine comprising:

a display for variably displaying each of a plurality of symbol groups;

memory for storing rearrangement pattern data for symbol rearrangement; and

a controller executing the following operations of:

(a) generating a random number and starting a game;

(b) determining a symbol to be rearranged on the display corresponding to the generated random number;

(c) variably displaying each of the plurality of symbol groups on the display;

(d) when at least a predetermined number of identical symbols are determined to be rearranged and a multiplication factor symbol representing a multiplication factor of an award to be provided is determined to be rearranged, extracting rearrangement pattern data corresponding to the number of the identical symbols from the memory;

(e) after rearranging symbols other than the identical symbols, rearranging symbols based on the extracted rearrangement pattern data, and further rearranging symbols so that the multiplication factor symbol is rearranged last; and

(f) providing an award corresponding to the identical symbols of which at least the predetermined number and the multiplication factor symbol are rearranged.

5 . A gaming machine comprising:

a display for displaying each block arranged in the form of a matrix for displaying a plurality of symbols;

an input device for allowing a player to start a game; and

a controller for rearranging each symbol in each block arranged in the form of a matrix displayed on the display upon input to the input device, wherein

the controller executes the following operations of:

(a) determining symbols to be rearranged in each of the plurality of blocks by way of input to the input device;

(b) when the number of identical symbols targeted for provision of an award are included among a plurality of symbols to be rearranged in all of the plurality of blocks, replacing the number of identical symbols, which are targeted for provision of an award, to be rearranged in each of the blocks with symbols to be rearranged in other blocks; and

(c) providing an award after rearranging the number of identical symbols targeted for the award in all of the plurality of blocks.